The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Improvement and Integrity, recently conducted an audit of numerous psychotherapy providers and have found that in approximately 75% of cases the providers had little to no documentation of services that have been billed to Medicaid. Most providers do not have treatment plans for their clients and many claim they are documenting their services on their computers, but were not able to produce the required documentation when requested.

REMINDER: Mhp 502.01 states that a licensee shall maintain complete and accurate clinical and business records pertaining to each patient seen for a minimum of seven (7) years following the first activity on the account.